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Château D'arvouet Montagne Saint Emilion 2019 75cl


The Vieux Bayard-Arvouet vineyard is located in Bordeaux, in the middle of the most prestigious terroirs of Libourne and in the north-eastern extension of Saint-Émilion on the right bank of the Garonne and the Dordogne.

This charming property of 4 hectares is located on the place of Arvouet.
Its surface is in one piece and presents a traditional right bank grape variety.

Grapes : Merlot 70%, Cabernet Sauvignon 15%, Cabernet Franc 15%. 

This wine presents a dress of a beautiful deep purple color, a very accessible fruity and vanilla nose at the same time. The palate illustrates Merlot on predominantly clay soil, it is supple, generous and delicate. This wine is a delicacy of ripe fruit with melted, balanced and suave tannins.

Chateau Cantemerle  5th Cru Classé Médoc Red

Grapes 50% Cabernet Sauvignon 40% Merlot 5% Cabernet Franc 5% Petit Verdot


Classified Cru in 1855, Château Cantemerle extends its vineyard over plots of fine gravel bordering the Gironde estuary.

In the Middle Ages, Château Cantemerle was part of the line of fortifications which defended the banks of the Médoc, about a kilometer from the current castle. A century later, Aquitaine having become English, we find a Lord of Cantemerle, fighting alongside King Henry III of England. The first traces of wine production on the estate were found as early as 1354: the Lord of Cantemerle paid the tithe with a barrel of Clairet! On August 20, 1579, Jean de Villeneuve purchased the noble houses of Cantemerle. He married Antoinette de Durfort, from the house of Duras and Blanquefort and it is through this alliance that, since the year 1600, the Villeneuve de Cantemerle have been called Villeneuve de Durfort. Théophile-Jean Dubos, took over the estate in 1892, with the help of his two sons Pierre and Bernard. When Pierre Dubos died in 1962, his great nephew Bertrand Clauzel became the sole manager and remained so until the sale of the estate in 1981 to the Mutuelles d'Assurance du Bâtiment et des Travaux Publics.

CHATEAU LASCOMBES 1981 75CL

2nd Cru Classe Margaux Red

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Description of the wine

The qualitative explosion of recent years at Lascombes reaches its peak with this sumptuous 2005 vintage. A suave wine of remarkable intensity that concentrates all the nobility of the great Margaux. There is no doubt that we will now have to reckon with this château, which affirms its rank among the best second classified growths!

Details Domain

Classified as a second growth in 1855, Chateau Lascombes, located in the Margaux appellation, owes its name to its first owner, Chevalier Antoine de Lascombes, born in 1625. At the end of the 1952th century, Jean-François de Lascombes became attached thanks to his fortune to make Lascombes a very great wine. Alexis Lichine took over the estate in 2001. He completely restructured Château Lascombes and renovated the wine-growing facilities, thus giving a second wind to this grand cru. Château Lasbombes has been owned by the American group Colony Capital since April XNUMX. The new team has made every effort to improve the quality of this second growth while respecting the tradition stemming from a history and a glorious past.

Owner

Colony Capital

winemaking

The harvest is done entirely by hand. Vinification takes place in temperature-controlled stainless steel vats - Malolactic fermentation in barrels for the Merlots. The aging takes place over 18 months in new oak barrels (60%) - fining with egg white.

Terroir

Deep Quaternary bass

Area

84 hectares

Chateau BRANE CANTENAC 1998
2nd Cru Classé Margaux red

Grapes  74% Cabernet Sauvignon, 23% Merlot, 2% Cabernet Franc, 1% Petit Verdot

Slightly damaged label

Château Brane-Cantenac stands at the heart of the Margaux appellation.
Renowned for its wines of remarkable elegance and finesse, this 75-hectare property is an emblem of quality and excellence in the world of fine wines.
Since Henri Lurton took the helm in 1992, he has been committed to the mission of producing the best possible wine,
strengthen Brane's position as a second classified growth in 1855.

Chateau BRANE CANTENAC 2018
2nd Cru Classé Margaux red

Grapes  74% Cabernet Sauvignon, 23% Merlot, 2% Cabernet Franc, 1% Petit Verdot

Château Brane-Cantenac stands at the heart of the Margaux appellation.
Renowned for its wines of remarkable elegance and finesse, this 75-hectare property is an emblem of quality and excellence in the world of fine wines.
Since Henri Lurton took the helm in 1992, he has been committed to the mission of producing the best possible wine,
strengthen Brane's position as a second classified growth in 1855.

Château MONTROSE 1993
2nd Grand Cru Classé Saint Estèphe Red 
Grapes 65% Cabernet Sauvignon 25% Merlot 8% Cabernet Franc 2% Petit Verdot
Second Wine The Lady of Montrose

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Details Domain

According to tradition, the Domaine de Montrose takes its name from its geographical location (mount) in relation to the village of Valros (val des roses) and the wild almond trees with pink flowers which border the estate's land. It is on this land steeped in history, as evidenced by the Romanesque tower of Valros, that the Coste family has lived since the end of the 17th century. This "young" estate (it was just a few years old at the time of the 1855 classification) benefits from the most beautiful vineyard in the appellation, in one piece overlooking the river. From 1896 to 2006, it belonged to the Charmolü family, and then became the property of the brothers Martin and Olivier Bouygues. This property today represents the model of vineyards due to the practicality of its layout: single vineyard, divided into square plots, separated by wide paths.

Comments

The estate is made up of a single and vast plot adjoining the Gironde to the east. He owes his early success both to the work of men and to the data of nature. This was also particularly generous: a geologically unitary soil composed of very deep red gravel, an ideal orientation, a gentle and regular slope and the proximity of the river which tempers the excesses of the climate. It is then up to men to reveal the full extent of this potential. 
Château Montrose wine is one of the flagships of the appellation. A deep, almost opaque color announces a very concentrated nose with multiple nuances. On the palate the wine is particularly firm with a complexity that only time can reveal in all its dimension. This concentrated wine has a very long aging potential. In great years, this wine develops a simply exceptional smoothness and roundness, as evidenced by the 1989 vintage which made Château Montrose a legend.

Owner

Martin and Olivier Bouygues

winemaking

The harvest is manual. Vatting takes place over a period of 3 weeks in thermo-regulated vats, pumping over is frequent and fermentation is malolactic in vats. The wine is aged for 19 months in barrels (50% new) - egg white fining.

Terroir

Garonne and Pyrenees gravels, clay-marl subsoil

Area

68 hectares

CHASSE SPLEEN Castle 2020

Moulis in Red Medoc
Grapes  Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Petit Verdot
Second Wine The Spleen Hunting Hermitage, The Spleen Hunting Oratory.

Comments of the Castle
Château Chasse-Spleen is located in Moulis-en-Médoc, it is a cru bourgeois, described by many amateurs as exceptional. With its famous surname, Château Chasse-Spleen makes the quality of Moulis wines resonate all over the planet. When still young, the great Château wine offers a seductive bouquet shared between pepper, black cherries and red fruits, while as it ages, plum and cocoa take over. Its balanced palate, its melted tannins and its great elegance are the perfect remedy to chase away Spleen.
History of the Château
The estate built by Mr Gressier in 1720, on the road leading to Pauillac, is called Grand Poujeaux. A century later, the property splits into two, the first castle is called Poujeaux-Gressier, like its founder, and the second Poujeaux Castaing which his daughter Lucrèce will inherit. Lucrèce's daughter-in-law, Rosa Ferrière, takes the reins of the estate when her husband dies. She remembers the legend behind the illustrious name that will soon be that of the estate: Chasse Spleen. His great-grandfather had welcomed and watered the famous English poet Lord Byron, the latter would then have complimented this wine which had no equal to chase away the "spleen". This is why Rosa will choose this unusual name for its ability to mark the spirits. Chasse Spleen was bought in 1912 by the Segnitz family, wine merchants in Bremen. Under their aegis, this Moulis experienced a boom in notoriety in North Germany. Two years later, war broke out, and at its end, as property belonging to the enemy, Chasse-Spleen was confiscated. 
In 1922, Prosper Lahary bought Château Chasse-Spleen. With its forest properties in the Landes, he created the first underground cellar in the Médoc in 1964, the Chasse Spleen was then considered the first of the bourgeois crus, judged moreover to be exceptional in 1919 during a classification which, alas, will never be registered in the Official Journal. In 1976, the Merlaut family, already owners of castles and traders, bought the castle. Within the Merlaut group, which has illustrious properties such as Château Gruaud Larose, Château Chasse-Spleen continues its qualitative ascent. 
Céline Villars-Foubet and Jean-Pierre Foubet, are currently the owner of Château Chasse-Spleen.

Saint Martin tower. It was in 1988 that Bertrand MONCHIN embarked on the wine adventure at Menetou Salon, where his grandfather was already producing wine before the war. The plots, well distributed over the heights of the village of Morogues, are made up of 10 hectares of Sauvignon and 7 hectares of Pinot. For almost 30 years now, Bertrand MINCHIN has been making the most of this magnificent Kimmeridgian terroir. Everything is implemented in the vines to produce the most beautiful grapes: ploughing, composting, control of the vegetative balance, control of yields and respect for the environment. environment (area labeled High Environmental Value).

A large part of the vineyard is harvested manually, in order to vinify each plot separately. It is in a perfectly equipped cellar (sorting table, carpet, temperature-controlled vats, wooden vats, pneumatic presses, etc.) that he vinifies his grapes in a minimally interventionist manner. The reds ferment for a long time, are lightly punched down and devatted manually. The whites undergo long pressures, and ferment at a controlled temperature.